While she was leading the Wolff II in the sixty-mile race on Lake
Washington yesterday afternoon the Pacer struck a log and her propeller
blades were stripped off as clean as if cut by a knife. The boat was running at
full speed at the time and nearly sunk before the engine could be stopped. The
accident happened after thirty miles of the distance had been reeled off and of
course after that the Wolff II finished alone. An erroneous impression
gained circulation that the Pacer was put out of the race on account of
her engines, but this is not true. The engines were working like a sewing
machine when ther accident to her propeller happened.

In the handicap race, a twenty-mile affair, the Lewana won, the Pacer
second and the Wolff II third. The Lewana was given a handicap of
4 minutes and 42 seconds over the Pacer and 5 minutes and 22 seconds over
the Wolff II. This handicap proved enough for her to win. The Lewanas
time was 43 minutes 4 4-5 seconds. The Pacer covered the distance in
43:49 1-5 and the Wolff II in 44:59 4-5. The best actual time was made by
the Pacer, which finished 3-5 of a second better than the Wolff II.